Quotes on Ifs

Justification by religious performances, and meritorious deeds, is nothing better than the old Pharisaism with a Christian name stuck upon it. . . That doctrine makes the Lord Jesus Christ to be practically a nobody; for if salvation be of works, then the way of salvation through faith in a Savior is superfluous, and even mischievous

If what you want to tell me is neither True nor Good nor even Useful, why tell it to me at all

Of what use were the arts if they were only the reproduction and the imitation of life?

I measure my life in pages. If I have pages at dawn, it's been a good night.

If you want to kill somebody, conquer his heart, Then leave slowly and leave them between death and madness.

The founder of any branch must be more ingenious than the common man. However, if his achievement is not carried on by disciples of the same ingenuity, then things will only become formalized and get stuck in a cul-de-sac; whereby breakthrough and progress will be almost impossible.

If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him.

You have to color outside the lines once in a while if you want to make your life a masterpiece.

If I was white I would have been like John Wayne... I feel like a tragic hero in a Shakespeare play

I am so busy now that if I did not spend three hours each day in prayer, I could not get through the day.

If voting could actually change anything, it would be illegal.

I have great respect for the past. If you don't know where you've come from, you don't know where you're going. I have respect for the past, but I'm a person of the moment. I'm here, and I do my best to be completely centered at the place I'm at, then I go forward to the next place.

We are all one - and if we don't know it, we will learn it the hard way.

Winning is very tangible, it's very exciting, it's very pleasing, but it's momentary. If you can do things that last, that each generation can build upon, then that's when you're cooking.

What if you wake up some day, and you're 65... and you were just so strung out on perfectionism and people-pleasing that you forgot to have a big juicy creative life?

Brands always mean something. If you don't define what the brand means, your competitors will

Anyone who has ever made a resolution discovers that the strength of that determination fades in time. The moment you feel that is when you should make a fresh determination. Tell yourself, “OK! I will start again from now!” If you fall down seven times, get up an eighth. Don’t give up when you feel discouraged-jus t pick yourself up and renew your determination each time.

Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend and lie for, And if allowed Would be right proud Eternally to die for.

If you believe in God, believe in Death Row East.

My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for.'

If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then unto me.